Evaluating Methodologies of Measuring Accessibility to Tourist Attractions at the Micro and Macro Levels

  • Mr Saad AL Kahtani, Ha'il University, Saudi Arabia
  • Dr Jianhong (Cecilia) Xia, Curtin University
  • One of the essential issues in the tourism industry is accessibility to tourist attractions. The aim of this paper is to indentify suitable methods for measuring accessibility to tourist attractions at both the micro and macro levels. The advantages and disadvantages of micro and macro level methods will be discussed and evaluated through analysis of three discrete measures of accessibility: infrastructure-based accessibility, activity-based accessibility, and utility-based accessibility. Applications of these methods will be reviewed to provide a comparison of the measures of accessibility and to summarise the suitability of these methods in measuring accessibility to tourist attractions.